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Monday, December 31, 2012

I ended up reading 501 books in 2012. Several dozen, almost 100, were released in some sort or fashion in 2012. Some were mediocre, a few were bad. But roughly half were enjoyable. Out of that number I wrote down 34 titles, 25 out which I'll list in descending fashion, followed by the other 10 in unranked order. A variety of genres and styles of writing are represented here. Hopefully, some, if not all of these, will be of interest to you. Due to time constraints, no links/commentaries:

4 comments:

Not counting Erikson(I'm too late in the series), I intend to read at least four of these books plus the French edition of László Krasznahorkai.Do you plan to review Goran Petrović's An Atlas Described by the Sky? This author is a happy discovery for me. Sadly, An Atlas isn't translated in French yet. If you review it, I might add it to the list(in English)!

Quite an interesting list, Larry. Thanks. I plan to read at least Jagannath, Windeye and Rise in the near future.Hélène, read Goran Petrovic's book in any language you understand. He's been my favorite author since I read "La mano de la buena fortuna" a few years ago. And I'm really happy today, because I've just found out that another of his books ("El cerco de la iglesia de la Santa Salvación") has been translated into Spanish. What a fantastic way to start a new year!

I read it in French translation, but El cerco de la iglesia de la Santa Salvación is an excellent book; I liked it even more than La mano de la buena fortuna, which I did read in Spanish translation and loved. Might have to track down this translation as well shortly :D